āi

sorrow; grief; to grieve for

HSK 6 #1751

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1751st character
Radical ⼝ (30.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1619

Definitions

哀 āi
  1. 1. sorrow
  2. 2. grief
  3. 3. to grieve for
  4. 4. to lament
  5. 5. pity
  6. 6. to pity
  7. 7. to condole
  8. 8. Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors yán dì descended from Shennong shén nóng Farmer God, also known as Li

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Words containing 哀

Word Meaning
funeral pomp
funeral pomp
funeral music; dirge; plaint
Lament for the South, fu poem by Yu Xin
Lament for the South, fu poem by Yu Xin
ultimatum (loanword)
ultimatum (loanword)
to take pity on; to feel sorry for
deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
melancholy but gorgeous; plaintive and beautiful
melancholy but gorgeous; plaintive and beautiful
nothing is more wretched than apathy
nothing is more wretched than apathy
to cry piteously; anguished wailing; same as āi háo
variant of āi cí
variant of āi cí
lament; dirge
lament; dirge
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; wail
starving people fill the land
starving people fill the land
Emperor Aidi, last emperor of Tang dynasty
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness huān xǐ, anger fèn nù, sorrow bēi āi and joy kuài lè
alas; all is lost